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magical thyme

(14,881 posts) Sun Oct 27, 2013, 02:33 PM Oct 2013

Is Lou Reed dead...or not? [View all]

http://en.mediamass.net/people/lou-reed/deathhoax.html

“Lou Reed dead 2013” : Singer killed by internet death hoax

By Jessica Simpson|
Washington|
Last updated on October 27, 2013

News of singer Lou Reed’s death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. However the October 2013 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the singer best known for his hit song Walk on the Wild Side is alive and well.

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Is Lou Reed dead...or not? [View all] magical thyme Oct 2013 OP

That's the only source I can find at this being a hoax SamYeager Oct 2013 #1

All of which cite Rolling Stone as their source... Chan790 Oct 2013 #3

mediamass is a crappy satire site based in China blogslut Oct 2013 #7

Let's hope that it was a very bad hoax. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #2

Jessica Simpson Orrex Oct 2013 #4

"The Mediamass Project : Media criticism through satire" PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #5

TMZ confirmed his death OhioChick Oct 2013 #6

DeadOrAlive isn't updated yet jakeXT Oct 2013 #8

But it links to Wiki antiquie Oct 2013 #9

wow a website dedicated to mortality or lack thereof...mind blown for today nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #10

Lou's not here, man. Ptah Oct 2013 #11

I'm afraid it's true; Timothy Greenfield Sanders has now confirmed the news Tom Ripley Oct 2013 #12

Now the #1 on Google News, afraid it's true HarveyDarkey Oct 2013 #13

would the NY Time print something that's wrong? mulsh Oct 2013 #14

But Abe Vigoda's still around right? Bucky Oct 2013 #15

Yes he is! Paulie Oct 2013 #18

Phew Bucky Oct 2013 #19

What makes you think that? Paulie Oct 2013 #20

I guess we'll have to wait to hear LiberalElite Oct 2013 #16

there is a memorial page for him up on findagrave dot com n/t orleans Oct 2013 #17

"...confirmed as a complete hoax..." Iggo Oct 2013 #21

This is all pretty strange. He's definitely dead, though. He would have responded by now. Dash87 Oct 2013 #22

The hoax is a hoax Taverner Oct 2013 #23